Hemas Travel Cluster Managing Director Harith Perera was appointed as incoming president of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) 2017/2018 at the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SLAITO which was held on 25th August in the

Recognizing the importance of a streamlined growth plan and educating industry stakeholders, the second edition of Cinnamon Future of Tourism Summit 2017 will host 14 innovators of the travel and tourism industry to emphasise on the importance of tec

REUTERS: A.P. Moller-Maersk has been fortified by the US $ 7.5 billion sale of its oil and gas business to France’s Total, but the company’s main sea freight business faces the threat of a new price war in a consolidating industry.

The Technical Review Committee of Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), UK, has approved the issue of ISO 9001:2015 certificates to Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) making it one of the very first shipyards in the region to receive a certifica

The Centre for Indo-Lanka Initiatives at the Pathfinder Foundation (PF) and National Maritime Foundation (NMF) based in New Delhi, India, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two think-tank organisat

Asia Marine Colombo, a joint venture (JV) between Mercantile Marine Management Limited and reputed ship management company, Reederei NSB, based in Buxtehude Germany, reiterated its commitment to growing knowledge and competencies in specialized marin

Lack of antitrust laws has made the free economy of Sri Lanka to become a closed one, which is controlled by a few individuals who monopolize the country’s business activity 

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Governors (BoG) of prestigious global aviation industry body International Air Transport Association (IATA), effective June 2018.

Customers travelling on Singapore Airlines and Silk Air will have the opportunity to avail attractive fares to their favourite destinations.

A signed sketch by the late Joy Stokes, designer of Gulf Air’s cabin crew uniforms in the 1960s and 1970s, was recently donated by her son Michael Stokes to the national carrier and now appears in the airline’s Gulf Air Falcon Gold Lounge

The third Tourism Leaders Summit and International Tourism Research Symposium will be held this October in an effort to continue to improve the strategic direction of Sri Lanka’s  tourism industry.

Sri Lanka Tourism, in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Vietnam, arranged a familiarization tour for a TV crew of Nhan Dan (National TV) recently, to create awareness and promote Sri Lanka as a popular destination among the  Vietnames

Sri Lanka’s largest online travel company, findmyfare.com, is offering a mobile application (app) that allows customers to access, through smartphones, many of the travel-related innovations for which the company has become known.

Oman Air and Industrial Optimizers have signed an agreement concerning the MP2 Aero Fleet Assigner optimizer, including the functionality for scheduling and network analysis.   “We are very happy with this agreement and excited to work wit

The second hotel project of Siddhalepa Group, the Siddhalepa Anarva in Mount Lavinia built with an investment of Rs. 1.8 billion was opened to guests last week.

Tamarind Hill by Asia Leisure is a divinely restored manor house built close to three centuries ago in the outskirts of the heritage city of Galle that oozes style and sophistication. 

From its majestic exterior to its elegant interior, I found Emirates A380 a fascination indeed and cruising on board its Business Class a testament to what’s travelling in style and luxury in the sky. The inspirational travel experience was Emi

The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT) Sri Lanka Logistics Leaders’ Evening was held recently with a lecture titled ‘China’s Belt & Road Initiative – A realization of an Aspiration’ by Professor

 The workshop organized by IOSL titled “How to be a successful marketer in the shipping and logistics industry” has been rescheduled for August 24th at the Hilton Colombo.?

 As the centre of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka has a long history involved in both East and West Shipping trade lanes.

The Sri Lanka Chapter enables its members to conduct their various assigned responsibilities for selling travel related products and providing services to visitors to the island in a more effective manner. 

A group of school children were provided a rare opportunity to walk through the world’s largest passenger aircraft when Emirates operated a one-off flight with the iconic aircraft to the Bandaranaike International Airport recently. 

Singapore Airlines together with SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines (SIA), are offering attractive Business Class and Economy Class fares to selected destinations, giving more reasons for customers to travel to their preferred destinati

The decision to ban safaris into Wilpattu National Park on account of the ongoing drought has been reversed by the WildlifeMinister after extensive consultations with the Minister of Tourism and the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SL

Human smuggling, the illegal transfer of people over national boundaries, is a huge problem worldwide. A considerable portion of this illicit traffic takes place through international airports, despite the many stringent measures in place to prevent

The most luxurious global vacation brand, Club Med, has been gifting its clients the core emotion of happiness during their stay at its 80 exclusive properties around in some of the most beautiful natural settings in the world. 

The Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM) may well be the only seat of higher educational learning in Sri Lanka with two significant milestones in its 50 year existence. 

Aitken Spence Travels was named as Sri Lanka’s leading destination management company at the 24th annual World Travel Awards held in the Maldives recently.

Advantis Bunkering was recently awarded the International Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series certification or OHSAS 18001:2007 by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), the world’s leading inspection,

Colombo Dockyard successfully delivered the 40-passenger ferry built for the Jaffna District Secretariat recently at the Colombo Dockyard premises.